How To Correctly Display Fine Art Photography
Even though the majority of the quality prints are being printed upon archival papers, like Fuji Crystal Archive Papers or either Kodak Endura Professional Papers, it is very important that you consider a couple of very important aspects in order to maximize the life of any fine art photography you are planning to display.
Things You Should Avoid:
1. Avoid placing the fine art photography directly in exposure to sunlight.
2. Avoid placing the fine art photography in areas within high humidity and moisture levels.
3. Avoid placing the fine art photography close to a direct heat source, such as a furnace or wall heater.
Take the Sun into Consideration
In a situation where you are planning to frame the fine art photography, and you are planning to hang it on your wall, you need to consider where you will be placing the fine art photography first of all. It is recommended that you place the print on a wall that doesn't receive any direct sunlight. You may be wondering what the deal is with direct sunlight, well sunlight is considered to be a full spectrum light, and this means that it is going to house several different frequencies of light, which includes ultra-violet rays.
The main problem with UV rays is the effect they have on photographic papers. Ultra-violet rays cause fading, no matter what the quality of the paper is that is being used to produce the print. This doesn't mean that all of the prints, no matter what type of paper is being used to produce all of them, are going to fade at the same rate. The archival papers are intended to last. There are special chemicals that are used in order to protect all of these papers from the long-term effects of the ultra-violet rays, moisture and several other factors.
However, you should know that the archival prints aren't immortal. Even though the archival papers are sincerely meant to last, over an extended period of time, they are going to show all of the signs that are associated with aging. In the end, when it comes to fine art photography, you need to make sure that you place all of the prints in a quality frame and then hang it somewhere where it is out of the direct rays of sunlight. Even though there is not wrong with a little light falling upon the prints, you still to make sure that you are careful.
Within the high-tech world we live in today, it is very possible for you to purchase a frame that has ultra-violet shielded glass, which is perfect, in the event that there is no way around your prints being exposed to direct sunlight.